# The Denial of St Peter [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MANFREDI, Bartolomeo]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 166 x 232 cm ## Commentary Manfredi created a series of theatrically lit compositions in which bawdy figures crowd around a table gambling, drinking and making music. In his Denial of St Peter the tavern scene is transformed into a religious narrative in which the soldiers' game of dice is given more prominence than Peter's betrayal. The religious event is thus cast within the context of secular life. ## Related artworks - [Allegory of the Four Seasons]() - [Bacchus and a Drinker]() - [Cain Slaying Abel]() - [Christ Blessing]() - [Cupid Chastised]() - [Gypsy Fortune Teller]() - [Lute Playing Young Man]() - [Tavern Scene with a Lute Player]() - [The Capture of Christ]() - [The Triumph of David]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()